Picture-frame and base.



G. H. UEBER.

PICTURE FRAME AND BASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I. 1916.

1,256,337. Patented Feb. 12,1918.

l/VVE TOR Gar/JV 7 8 UMTED STATEd PATENT @FFIQE.

CARL H. LIEBER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE H. LIEBER COM-PANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

PICTURE-FRAME AND BASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL H. LIEBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Picture-Frame and Base, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It has heretofore been proposed to provide picture frames with pedestalsor bases attached to the frames in such manner as to support the saidframes in an upright or slightly backwardly inclined position upon atable, but, as heretofore produced, such bases have had to be attachedto the frames in the factory because unskilled operatives were apt toruin the frames by an improper insertion of the fastening screws.Combined frames and bases so manufactured are objectionable for severalreasons, among which are, first, that when the base and frame arecombined in the factory, a dealer must carrya very large stock of goodsin order to offer a satisfactory variety, and, second, the combinedstructure is exceedingly difiicult to pack and ship.

The object of my present invention is to produce a separate pedestal andattaching piece of such character that the pedestals and fasteningpieces can be manufactured independently and carried in stock by thedealer and readily associated without great skill with any desiredframe, whereby many different combinations from a comparatively smallstock may be produced. v

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved base and an associated frame; Fig. 2 aperspective view of the base and separate fastening member; Fig. 3 atransverse section of the base; and Fig. 4 a section of a slightmodification.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a base of any desired configuration,ornamentation and size, provided in its upper face with a narrow slot 11which is preferably slightly rearwardly inclined, as indicated in Fig.3, the upper surface 12 of the base being preferably slightly inclinedso as to lie at right angles to the direction of the slot.

The frame 13 may be of any desired character and will be associated withthe base 10 by means of a connecting piece 14 having a thicknesssubstantially equal to the width of slot 11; a width no greater than thedepth of slot 11, and a length considerably less than the length of slot11. This fasten- 1ng piece 14 will be conveniently provided with a pairof screw holes 15 adapted to vreceive ordinary wood screws in suchmanbeing considerably shorter than the length of slot 11, anyinaccuracies of placement of' the fastening member relative to the framemay be compensated by a slight shifting of the fastening piece withinthe slot 11.

Bases constructed in accordance with the above description may bemanufactured in standard sizes and largely varied patterns and carriedin stock by a picture frame dealer. Most conveniently each base shouldbe accompanied by a properly proportioned fastening member 14, madeconveniently to carry two necessary fastening screws, but the fasteningpiece 14- might be supplied by the dealer, if desired.

When the parts have been assembled as described, the frame with theattached piece 14: may be at any time readily withdrawn from the baseand the base and frame thus become more easily packed for shipmentwithout, danger of breaking the glass in the frame or the connectionbetween frame and base.

In Fig. 4 the piece 14 has a width, or substantially vertical dimension,which is very materially greater than the depth of slot 11 so that,instead of being fastened to the under edge of the frame 13, it may befastened to the back of the frame near its lower edge. This does notproduce quite as satisfactory a construction as that shown in Figs. 1-3,inclusive, because the iece 14: is not entirely hidden when the rame isplaced upon the base.

I claim as my invention:

1. As an article ofmanufacture, a picture frame base having a closed-endslot in its upper face slightly rearwardly inclined, and an associatedstrip having a thickness substantially equal to the width of the slotand a length materially less than the length of the slot, saidassociated member being separate from and adapted for easy attachment tothe lower bar of a picture frame.

2. As an article of manufacture, a picture easy attachment to the lowerbar of a picframe base having a closed-end slot in its ture frame. upperface, and an associated stri having In witness whereof, I have hereuntoset 10 a thickness substantially equal to tie Width my hand atIndianapolis, 1ndiana, this 24th 5 of the slot and a length materiallyless than day of April, A. D. one thousand nine hunthe length of theslot, said associated memdred and sixteen. a her being separate from andadapted for CARL ILLIEBER.

